Piano Jack Price Managing Director 1 (310) 254-7149 Skype: pricerubin [email protected] Rebecca Petersen Executive Administrator 1 (916) 539-0266 Skype: rebeccajoylove [email protected] Olivia Stanford Contents: Marketing Operations Manager Curriculum Vitae [email protected] Press Karrah O’Daniel-Cambry Press Excerpts Opera and Marketing Manager Repertoire [email protected] Special Programs YouTube Video Links Mailing Address: Photo Gallery 1000 South Denver Avenue Suite 2104 Tulsa, OK 74119 Website: http://www.pricerubin.com Complete artist information including video, audio and interviews are available at www.pricerubin.com Krisztina Wajsza – Curriculum Vitae Krisztina Wajsza, pianist of Hungarian origin, was born in Cluj, Romania. Krisztina attended her first piano lesson at age of six with Walter Metzger in Cluj. Her family immigrated to Switzerland in 1980, and she achieved her solo diploma at the Conservatory in Bern in 1988, after which she continued her studies at the Juilliard School in New York with Joseph Kalichstein, achieving an Advanced Certificate in 1991. She went on to earn an Artist Diploma at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she was a student of the late, distinguished Prof. György Sebök. Krisztina was a first prize winner at the Mozart Competition in New York, in 1990. She gave her debut in 1990 at Alice Tully Hall in New York, and in 1999 at the Konzerthaus in Vienna with the Wiener Kammerorchester and at the Brucknerhaus in Linz. Krisztina has been a soloist with several orchestras, including: Zürich Chamber Orchestra, Festival Strings Lucerne, Camerata Academica Bayreuth, Transylvania State Orchestra, Gelsenkirchen Philharmonie, Chamber Orchestra of Bern, Trier State Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, and Aargauer Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. In April 2005 she gave her solo recital debut at Wigmore Hall in London. She has toured in solo and chamber music performances with engagements in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Mozambique, Chile, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania and the US. In 2012 she was invited to perform at the International Piano Festival in St. Ursanne, Switzerland, where she premiered Grammy Award winning Fernando Otero`s composition "Hommage à Debussy.” In 2014 she collaborated in chamber music formations with the violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger and the Villena-Mandozzi-Wajsza Trio. (Bandoneon - Cello- Piano) Krisztina regularly performs in Switzerland with the Argentinian bandoneon player Victor Villena. She also co-founded the Otero-Wajsza Piano Duo, based on the compositions of Fernando Otero, with whom concerts are scheduled for 2016. In July 2015, Krisztina became the widow of the US guitarist Benjamin Bunch, with whom she has two daughters. Krisztina Wajsza – Press A Thursday Afternoon of High Class Class! The last recital was followed with highest attention and the usual beautiful affluence of public. Krisztina Wajsza imposes by her appearance, by her extremely varied piano playing, by her very wise choice of program such as one can classify in the immense repertoire written for this instrument. Magnificent recital! One could bet that the soloist will be considered the “Grand Dame of the Piano”, as the stars are favorable to her in all areas. Krisztina Wajsza respects her public, her head and hands are indicating with the right gesture the end of a piece. Krisztina Wajsza loves her piano and doesn`t leave it as long as the last vibrations of the sound and of her arms are still alive. Boldness and Conviction She played Mozart by releasing it in the vast expanses of space of the largest shades, with the most cultured sound. (KV 457, KV 310). Clear rhythms in the middle of tangled harmonies in Villa-Lobos. Finally a necklace of pearls, the 12 Préludes from Skrjabin`s 24 Préludes op.11.Some of them are not longer than 20 seconds. What audacity! They are premonitory in inspiring Schönberg`s and Alban Berg`s works! The pianist has done justice to those short pieces with a conviction and a faith in art that can’t be forgotten. From the International Piano Festival in St. Ursanne -Paul Flückiger, “Le Quotidien Jurassien” August 2006 Krisztina Wajsza – Press The Endowed Mozart's Interpretation The Aargau Chamber Orchestra combined in their autumn program musical works of three “big” classics – Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Two early works framed Mozart's C major piano concerto KV 467. The guest expected for the performance was a Rumania-born pianist Krisztina Wajsza, able to arouse enthusiasm around. The orchestra prudently led by Dirk Girod also substantially contributed to heartening music (in Aarau and in Brugg). As it is known, Joseph Haydn wrote 104 symphonies. The Aargau Chamber Orchestra opened its concert with a small pearl from the cycle Die Tageszeiten, with symphony No. 7 in C major. Dirk Girod understood that he had to inspire his musicians to play throughout the early music pieces. Also, the subtly presented soloists (flute, cello) deserved special recognition. Ludwig van Beethoven’s first symphony is nothing but the composer’s search of himself in the pre-feel of the symphony. However, Beethoven orientated himself on Joseph Haydn, his work had many references to the works of the mature Beethoven. Unfairly the symphony is often underestimated. The Aargau Chamber Orchestra understood there were many dangers with a careful and sound nice interpretation to escape. This was not so easy to fulfill in the respect that the rather thick blower's occupation demanded in itself a bigger ensemble, however, this is another suspension that is worth mentioning. All together orchestra and conductor were found a melodious, finely gradating interpretation. Mozart in the Center Mozart’s concert for piano KV 467 was since in every respect in the center of attention at every evening. Krisztina Wajsza, who moved to Switzerland in 1980, met all the requirements. The young artist already impressed by her external appearance, stepped confidently to the piano, performed her part with heart, virtuoso hands and impressive gestures and body language, tracked down all delicacies of this Krisztina Wajsza – Press splendid work, she worked out down to the last detail, played with playful ease without trivializing the depth packing above all in the instrumental set. The pianist seemed to identify with every tact, with every phrasing. Her internal attachment with Mozart's music was a true revelation for the eager audience. The result was a blissful, mature and finely differentiated reproduction of the music piece that is one of the most significant Mozart’s ones. It is hardly presumptuous to venture a comparison with the unforgettable Clara Haskil. Meeting Krisztina Wajsza is the most significant music experience for the Aargau audience for several last years. Such great moments are rare, though people, who were admitted to the concert, were very thankful. The Aargau Chamber Orchestra was left intentionally impressed by the extraordinary artist and appeared to have grown in the collaboration with her. - Jürg Nyffenegger, Aargauer Tagblatt Krisztina Wajsza – Press The Music Floating from Heart, Mind and Fingertips “Blumenstein” The Mozart recital of the pianist Krisztina Wajsza SILVIA RIETZ Under the aegis of the Blumenstein Development Museum Association a fascinating Mozart’s portrait appeared in the red salon painted by the piano play of Krisztina Wajsza. Mozart lies in Transylvania and in the region Bern where Krisztina Wajsza has lived most of all. Maybe because she also belonged to the "early stars". Walter Metzger with a capacity looked after the first steps of the development of the then 6-year-old daughter of a cellist and a pianist. The life lead her to Switzerland and then to America, but love to Mozart has lingered in her heart as a constant and has been with her whole her life. Mozart’s pieces for piano were also played at her concert in the Blumenstein Museum. The music, floating from heart, mind and fingertips: a clear structure, it moves, but not out of breath, internalized, but never self-indulgent. Poetry, virtuosity and the blossoming tone Played by Krisztina Wajsza’s hands variations on romance Je sui Lindor get all brilliance of something intimately thoughtful. She played as a coherent whole so equally tragic-pathetic as monumental piano works, fantasy, and sonata in C minor (K. 475 and K. 457). The tremendous music was interpreted with close to Beethoven’s ones sewing astringency and internalized pain. It is a touching moment whet one realizes that this musician is so convenient with Mozart’s tones as if they were her own ones. Of course, the pianist has all features and attributes that help her to create fascinating interpretations – they are poetry, virtuosity, and the blossoming tone. However, only with its magic, the sound can be neither explained nor conjure up. Probably it depends on Krisztina Wajsza’s position because she plays not for the audience, but for herself and lets others listen to. Oblivious she feels the opposites of this music. Possibly, if the elated turns intimately into the melancholy or seemingly the delicate graceful developed into stem resolute. Besides, she weaves a sound which one could hear with the soul and the ear. Krisztina Wajsza’s gives you the feeling of tones blending naturally together and it can’t be otherwise. Krisztina Wajsza – Press The Blumenstein Development Museum Association So of course, Mozart's music has unfolded so naturally to set of the Blumenstein Development Museum Association to the preservation and operation of the chalet. Besides, this association support nots only exhibition projects, but sponsor also regularly concerts. The conveyor association president of Biberist, old mayors were inspired by Krisztina Wajsza playing Mozart's pieces, before he provided information about the object and the purpose of the association with the Apero… Krisztina Wajsza – Press A Sweet Monster and Other Valuables The 5th Symphony Concert of the Municipal Orchestra under guest director George Alexander Albrecht By our colleague ULRICH MUTZ Trier.